Railway-tie.



E. M. CAHILL.

RAILWAY THE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-24.1916.

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EDVJARZD M. CAI-KILL, OF EMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

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Application filed August 24, 1916.

To allwhom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD CAHILL, a .citizen of the United States, residing at Emington, in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to railroad ties, and rail fastening means, and the nature and objects thereof will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to'which it appertains in the light of the following explanation of the accompanying drawings,

illustrating what I now believe to be the preferred embodiment, or mechanical expression of my invention from among other forms and arrangements within the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

However, an object of the invention is to provide a railway tie, adapted to be constructed of metal to be used in lieu of the conventional wooden tie constituting a single thickness of material, the rail being raised thereabove to a. height corresponding to the thickness of said tie by means of a novel rail supporting chair.

Another object of the invention is to provide a railway tie of the character set forth embodying a new and novel means whereby the railway may be removably secured thereto.

In addition to the foregoing, my invention comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar and corresponding parts are designated by the same characters of reference throughout the several views in which they appear;

Figure 1, is a view in plan of a section of railway track, illustrating the manner in which the same is supported upon a plurality of improved railway ties constructed after the manner of my invention.

Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section taken through one of the ties, and

Fig. 3, is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 of the preceding figure.

With reference to the drawings, 1 indicates a plate, corresponding in length and width to the conventional wooden tie, and constructed of tempered steel to provide resistance to some extent against flexing.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Serial No. 116,600.

Adjacent each end of the plate 1 there is erected a chair designated generally 2, each comprising an inverted substantially U- shaped member having the extremities thereof bent outward, as at l, and apertured to receive rivets 5 which are passed therethrough and through corresponding openings in the plate 1.

The horizontal, or upper portion (5 of each of the chair members 2 is provided with openings 7 disposed in longitudinal spaced relation, to receive therebetween the the plate forming the body portion of the tie so as to dispose the rails above the tie to the proper height.

As a means whereby the rails are secured to the chair there are provided fastening members 9, in the form of a strip of metal, preferably of steel so that the same may be comparatively easily bent. A fastener is inserted through one of the openings 7, one terminal of which is then bent over the rail face and the oppositeterminal, that is the terminal which extends through and below the opening 7, is bent horizontally, then upwardly adjacent the edge of the rail chair and then horizontally thereacross toward the center of the rail chair. In this manner the fastener is secured to the chair, while its free terminal is adapted to retain the base of the rail in position upon the chair. With one of the fasteners disposed at each side of the rail face the rail is tightly secured to the chair, and relative movement thereof precluded.

This form of fastener has the advantage in that if the rail is to be replaced by another, the fasteners may be easily bent back to permit removal of said rails and again bent to its former position. This form of fastener also permits the insertion of shims beneath the rails when the same are to be raised to compensate for unevenness of the opposite end of the tie. The plate 1 forming a part of the tie, is adapted to rest upon the ground, and the space between the rails and the surface of the plates 1 thereof is covered with earth. The plate may thus be secured against displacement, and if additional securing is desired suitable anchors may be secured in terminal openings provided at the extremities of the tie plates 1 and extended into the earth.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations thereover may be made, and I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without de-,

parting'froni the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a rail chair having an opening adja cent opposite edges, a fastenmg means 111- cluding a pair of pliable metallic strips 20 adapted to be inserted through the openings, with one of their ends bent to engage the base flange of a rail, and their other ends bent in opposite directions, beneath the chair then upwardly around the opposite 25 Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

